WHĀNGĀRĀ
MAI TAWHITI
Whitireia serves as the prominent wharenui in Whāngārā Mai Tawhiti. Ka timata ta matou torotoronga i konei na te mea ko te hiranga o Whitireia me ona hitori he mea nui ki te maarama ki te takenga mai me te whanaketanga o Whāngārā Mai Tawhiti tae noa ki tenei ra.
“Ko Whāngārā te pūtahitanga o te tangata,
Ko Whāngārā te pārekereke o te kōrero”
Ko te hanganga o Whitireia he tino korero mo te iwi o Ngati Konohi. Ehara i te mea i whakawhiwhia ki a matou o matou wharenui ataahua i roto i enei wa o mua engari koinei hoki te wa i hangaia ai te hanga o te Paikea Haka me te Waiata i homai e Mikaera Pewhairangi ki a matou. , and influencers within Te Ao Māori. Kia noho tonu a Whitireia hei Whare-Korero a nga wa kei te heke mai, he mea tino nui ki te pupuri me te tuku i te matauranga me te purakau e pa ana ki ona hitori, whakapapa, whakaaro, me nga matauranga taiao ki nga reanga e haere ake nei.
The creation was led by Sir Apirana Ngata who made these notes during the construction of Whitireia Whare:
"Na Paikea rongonui a Whangārā Mai Tawhiti i tapaina, ko Pawa raua ko Ira o Horouta waka, ko Kiwa raua ko Tamatea o Takitimu waka, ko Rongomaitūaho (he tama a Paikea i whanau ki Hawaiki) ko Tereānini waka, ko Huturangi ko Nukutere waka, me Ko Toi-Kai-Rakau to matou kainoho o mua, ko Whakatane nga rangatira o nga iwi o Te Tai Rawhiti mai i Te Waiariki ki Wairarapa i Te Ika-a-Māui me Te Wairau ki Rakiura ki te Tonga.
E ai ki te korero mo Ngati Konohi ko ratou te rangatira o nga whakapapa o Te Tai Rawhiti, me te mau tonu i te riiwhitanga ki nga heke mai o Hawaiki o te rau tau tekau ma wha, i noho ki Turanganui Ā Ruamatua me Whāngārā Mai Tawhiti. Kare e taea te mahi me te kore nga mahi a nga rangatira toa me te mana rangatira o nga tupuna, e rongonui nei hei Ariki me nga tohunga. I roto i enei, ko te tipuna eponymous, ko Konohi, tetahi o nga mea tino kitea. Ko ana mahi whawhai mai i Turanganui-a-Kiwa ki te Rawhiti-Rawhiti o Te Waiariki; a i tetahi o enei i hoatu ki a ia a Ngunguruterangi, te mokopuna a Rerekohu o Hicks Bay."
Ko tetahi atu tangata nui i taua wa ko tetahi tangata ko Moni Taumaunu te ingoa. Ko Moni te ingoa he Rangatira i roto i nga Ngāti Konohi he tangata, he tohunga whakairo hoki. I reira a Moni Taumaunu i reira i te wa o te hanganga o Whitireia. I whai honore ia ki te mataki i nga mahi me te whai waahi ki nga korerorero i puta i mua i te hanganga o Whitireia Whare. Kei raro nei nga kaupapa i tuhia e Moni i te wa i hangaia ai:
"I te tau 1945 (sic. 1939), Ngāti Konohi o Whāngārā ka whakatau ka hanga he whare whakairo, ko te ingoa o te whare ko Whitireia. na Paikea.I tu tera whare i runga i te whenua, engari he tata ki te motu, Taha Tu o te Rangi.He urupa tenei no Whāngārā Pa. Kei te taha tonga te ana o Paikea o te motu, ko te taha ki uta, kua kite oku kanohi ake, engari kua werohia e te tai i roto i nga tau. Ka tuku whakaaro nga kaumatua ki Apirana. I whakaae ia. I tera wa, he whare whakairo. ka ka tu ki nga wahi katoa, na te mahi Apirana i, ka tu ratou i naianei, ka horahia ki te whenua.Ka timata te hanga o te whare.Ka tae mai nga Totara rakau i Rotorua, ka whakaaro Apirana te karanga hui a nga tohunga katoa He whanui nga korero mo Whāngārā no reira, i tika kia tika nga korero o te whare whakairo, tae atu ki nga whakapapa. ko te hunga i tae ki nga hui ko:
Carved between 1936-1939 by a group of 8 respected carvers, the construction phase saw elders sharing wisdom and humor. Ringatu Poi led the kowhaiwhai panel painting and Hinewaka Paenga was prominent in the creation of the tukutuku panels. Local volunteers contributed to the mahi in many ways, embodying the communal spirit that defines our people.
Whitireia has been deliberately constructed to hold the stories of our people which are masterfully integrated into the whakairo, tukutuku and kowhaiwhai.
The mahau (verandah) displays our ariki connections back to Hawaiiki. The apai (front wall) tells the history of carving beginning with Tangaroa.
The two poutokomanawa are Huturangi and Moeahu who carry the senior lines of whakapapa of the Tairawhiti. The tuarongo (rear wall) relates to the coming of the kumara, sustainability and intertribal connectedness across the Tairawhiti. The whole wharenui provides much rich korero under the mantle of Paikea Ariki, proudly visible as he sits atop his whale as the tekoteko.
Ko Whāngārā Mai Tawhiti i tēnei wā kei te noho te nuinga o te taupori. Neke atu i te 70,000 te hunga kei a Ngati Porou, engari ko te tohu i nga tatauranga motuhake mo Ngati Konohi, mo Whāngārā Mai Tawhiti pea he wero. i etahi atu wahi ranei. He rerekee nga hihikotanga i muri mai i te hūnukutanga, ka uru atu ki nga ahuatanga penei i te whai waahi mahi, te whai i te maatauranga, te hiahia ranei ki te noho rerekee.
Ko Ngati Konohi ka kore noa iho me te kore ona tangata. Kore rawa o tatou iwi e haere ki hea me kore ona rangatira. Ko Whangārā Mai Tawhiti ko te kainga o te maha o nga kaitoi, o nga kaitoi, i awhina i te kawe i o tatou iwi ki mua. Kei roto i tenei topenga etahi o nga tini tangata i awhina i te arahi i o tatou iwi ki te pai ake apopo. Mere he Rangatira kaore e taea e tatou te tino tutuki. Ko o tatou kaitiaki te arahi i o tatou iwi i ia ra i roto i o raatau mara me te awhina ki te whai waahi ki te pai ake me te maramatanga mo nga ra kei te heke mai mo Ngāti Konohi.
Ko Whale Rider e whakaatu ana i te haerenga o Pai (Keisha Castle-Hughes), he kotiro Maori e whakahē ana i te huihuinga me te hono ano ki ona whakapapa kia kitea ai te kaha e tika ana hei arahi i tona iwi mo nga ra kei mua. This beautiful film is based on the purākau of Paikea (Kahutia Te Rangi) and his arrival on the shores of Whāngārā Mai Tawhiti. Ko te waahi matua mo tenei kiriata i ahu mai i Whāngārā Mai Tawhiti te taha o etahi atu whare me nga waahi puta noa i Ngāti Konohi
tae atu ki Whāngārā Kura me ngā whare kei raro i te huarahi o Pā.
Whāngārā Mai Tawhiti Kapa Haka roopu was initially founded in 1961 and experience an resurgence in 1976. The roopu reemerged in 1995 in response to appeals from local Whāngārākaumātua, who wants to preserve the customs and traditions of Ngāti Konohi. Whāngārā Mai Tawhiti has won 1st place at National Kapaka Te Whakataetae ia 2 tau) e rua nga wa mai i te timatanga o Matatini, ko te whakamutunga i te tau 2017. Na te tohungatanga o te rangatira rangatira Rangatira, a Ta Derek Lardelli, Whāngārā Mai Tawhiti kua whakapumau i tona turanga motu i roto i nga tau.
I whakatühia a Paikea Whalers i te tau 1979 i muri i te tautohetohe ki te toihau o te uniana whutupaoro. I tono te kaikomihana i taua wa ki te 'tiima Whutupaoro Uniana o Whangara' kia whakarereketia to ratou ingoa. Ko te whakautu i tukuna ki tenei tono ko "Me pehea koe e huri ai i to tipuna?". Ko te tangata nana i whakahoki taua whakautu ko te kaihanga o te Paikea Whalers, Rutene Kokiri. Mai i tera wa, ko nga Paikea Whalers kua tipu ake ki nga Taane, Wahine, me nga reanga katoa o nga kapa Riiki Whutupaoro, a inaianei kua whai roopu Poitarawhiti. . Ko te moko mo The Whalers na Moni Taumaunu i hoahoa, a he rite ki te Kai-whakahaere i whakamahia e Te Pokai Rangatahi i roto i to ratou waka ki te whakahoki i nga korero i puta i te pakanga o Te Huripureiata.